Heads Up! vs Knives Out
Heads Up!
Warner Bros.
App Store
$2.29M/mo
~$27.46M/yr · 43.1M installs
VS
Knives Out
NetEase Games
App Store
$1.1K/mo
~$13.3K/yr · 24K installs
Revenue winner
Heads Up! wins
+205864% vs other
Installs winner
Heads Up! wins
+181079% vs other
MAU winner
Heads Up! wins
+140197% vs other
Rating winner
Heads Up! wins
+10% vs other
Why Heads Up! is winning
Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Heads Up! earns roughly 2060× more per month than Knives Out - $2.29M vs $1.1K.
- Bigger install base. Heads Up! has ~43.1M lifetime installs vs Knives Out's ~24K - 1811.8× the funnel top.
- Better app store reviews. Heads Up! sits at 4.78★ vs 4.34★ - store algorithms reward higher-rated apps with more impressions.
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Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
Heads Up!
vs
Knives Out
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$2.29M
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$1.1K
Annual revenue (est.)
$27.46M
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$13.3K
Lifetime installs (est.)
43.1M
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24K
Monthly active users (est.)?
6.5M
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5K
App Store rating
4.78★
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4.34★
Total ratings
287K
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476
US grossing rank
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Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
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No sub
IAP tiers detected
7 tiers
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10 tiers
- Category
- Games
- Price
- USD1.99
- Released
- May 2, 2013
- Last updated
- Jun 26, 2026
- File size
- 108.0 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 5.1.138
- Languages
- English
- Category
- Games
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Nov 14, 2017
- Last updated
- Jun 22, 2026
- File size
- 2.78 GB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 17.9
- Languages
- English, Japanese, Chinese, Chinese
Heads Up! trajectory
Knives Out trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Heads Up! or Knives Out? v
Heads Up! earns about $2.29M per month, while Knives Out earns about $1.1K. That is a 2059.6× revenue gap (~$2.29M more per month for Heads Up!). Annual revenue: Heads Up! ≈ $27.46M/year, Knives Out ≈ $13.3K/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Heads Up! or Knives Out? v
Heads Up! leads with about 43.1M estimated downloads vs 24K for Knives Out - a 1811.8× gap. Heads Up!'s App Store downloads are estimated from 287K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Knives Out's App Store downloads are estimated from 474 ratings.
Are Heads Up! and Knives Out in the same App Store category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Games category, which means they compete directly for the same paying users and category-level wallet share. Direct competitors, head-to-head.
What in-app purchases and subscription pricing do Heads Up! and Knives Out offer? v
Heads Up!: IAP range 7 tiers detected. Knives Out: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Heads Up! runs a "Paid app ($1.99)" monetization model; Knives Out runs "Free game · IAP-driven (10 packs, ~$0.30/MAU)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Heads Up! or Knives Out? v
Heads Up! edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.3 (gap of 0.4 stars). Rating volume: Heads Up! 287K ratings, Knives Out 474 ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Heads Up! vs Knives Out revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $2.29M for Heads Up! and $1.1K for Knives Out are derived from App Store grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Games) - net of the 15-30% Apple/Google store cut. Real revenue depends on country mix, retention, refunds and ad fill rate, none of which Apple or Google publish.
How do I compare Heads Up! or Knives Out to a different App Store app? v
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